Jack,
It’s funny to hear you moan about people “attacking” and then to watch you turn around and spout nonsense about both Harris and Donnelly. I’ll make no bones here, I’m supporting Harris, but I’d be happy to vote for Donnelly. Koster on the other hand? Well, I’m not sure I can hold my nose hard enough to pull the lever for him.

Harris ran a division in the Attorney General’s office under Nixon. So he actually was a leader, just not the top dog. And unlike Koster, the AG Harris worked under didn’t go to prison. Guilt by association? Maybe, but Koster’s got plenty of associations to feel guilty about. Again, you attempt to gloss over the facts about Koster’s time in the Senate. His experience there is almost entirely bad. The guy championed and helped shepherd Matt Blunt’s agenda through the Senate. That’s right, the same Matt Blunt who couldn’t win statewide. Hmmm. Koster supported voter ID. Care to defend that one to us Democrats? Koster voted for Blunt’s Medicaid cuts. Care to defend that one?

And Koster’s experience as a prosecutor, while respectable, is hardly a deal maker. Sure he was a prosecutor. But the Attorney General ISN’T a prosecutor. It’s about a lot more than that, and considering WHO Koster is taking money from, it’s hard to imagine that we can trust him to represent OUR interests in office. Can we trust him to defend public schools when he’s taking so much money from a guy like Rex Sinquefield?

And if you subtract away Sinquefield’s money and Koster’s $200,000 in loans to his campaign, guess what? He hasn’t raised any more money than anyone else. So much for your argument there. Also, where do you get this nonsense that Koster’s gotten more all the endorsements. Two of the biggest, SEIU and AFSCME didn’t go to him, and Harris has got a number of big endorsements too from labor and elected officials and so on.

In the meantime, you might want to check your ignorance and distaste for out-state Missouri. You do realize that Harris represents Columbia, right? There’s a lot more to this state than two cities, and if you think the St. Louis alone will decide this election, than you’re truly as clueless as you come off.

I do think this endorsement is bad news for Donnelly, since it suggests she hasn’t locked up her homebase, and doesn’t appear to be making strong inroads across the state. And if rich, blueblood Democrats in West County aren’t in the bag for her, then she’s likely got a lot of trouble ahead. Most Kansas City-area voters inherently distrust anyone from St. Louis, as do out-state voters, and then if she can’t even lock up her homebase, well, you can read the writing on the wall.

Odds are this race is going to be tight and hard fought, which is why anyone would be a fool to think for a moment that Koster has anything locked up, especially considering the totality of his record, his Republican history, and who he’s taking money from now. Just think about it, Jack: Everytime you say “prosecutor,” I can say “Republican who voted to cut Medicaid and for voter ID.” Which one do you think is more likely to sway Democratic voters. Not general election voters, but actual, honest-to-goodness Democratic primary voters?

As I sad, you rip the endorsements you do not have. Class move “Bill”. It is what I have come to expect from the Harris/Donnelly campaign.

Does anyone know where I can get the bumper sticker with the new Harris/Donnelly campaign slogan: “Vote for Mr. and Mrs Harris-Donnelly - No experience, No endorsements, No money, No support…No problem”

Golly Jack, that’s just not as catchy as these Koster slogans:

Koster: Prosecuting Against Medicaid Since 2004
Koster: Prosecuting Against Elderly and Minority Voters Since 2004
Koster: Unreformed Republican
Koster: The Republican in a Donkey Suit
Koster: Experience Counts — Except My Republican Experience
Koster: Gibbon’s Former Right Hand Man
Koster: I Worked for Bill Webster
Koster: Voter ID Rules
Koster: Poor People Don’t Need Health Care
Koster: Elephants Never Forget, But Neither Do Donkeys
Koster: I Think Democrats Are Stupid
Koster: Don’t Forget, I Was a Prosecutor
Koster: I Supported Ashcroft
Koster I Luv Rex
Koster: Bring On the Vouchers
Koster: Did I Tell You I Was a Prosecutor?
Koster: Public Skools Suck
Koster: The RIGHT Experience for the WRONG Party
Koster: Friend of the Rich
Koster: No Really, Did You Know I Was a Prosecutor?

Do you really want to play this game, Jack? Cuz it’s soooo easy.

“Shecky”, did Koster kick your dog?

While you have some great ideas, I think I will stay with this one -

Koster: Experience to do the job

On the other hand, while I like “Vote for Mr. and Mrs Harris-Donnelly - No experience, No endorsements, No money, No support…No problem” , if Jeff decides to go out on his own, he might also think about using

Harris - NO experience ALL the time
Harris - REALLY good at working for sombody else
Harris - Experience is being re-elected one time in a row
Harris - I can count my years of experience on one hand
Harris - Nobody is more negative then me
Harris - If cows could vote I might actually win
Harris - Did I tell you I am a real democrat
Harris - I am glad Koster is in the race so I don’t have to talk about my own accomplishments
Harris - If you don’t support me, your not a real democrat or
Harris - Experience is like your score in golf - the less the better

Sorry, Jack, but you’re not going to score any points by attacking Harris for being a “real Democrat.” When the truth is a good thing, it doesn’t hurt. The rest of your points are not only lame, they simply aren’t true. Unlike the truth that Koster was a Republican who voted to cut Medicaid and to require voter IDs.

It’s painfully obvious you’re here on Koster’s dime. There’s no other reason why anyone would waste so much energy trying to defend him. Oh wait, that’s right, you don’t want to talk about his GOP experience, just his other experience. Surely you don’t have the guts to answer questions like this one:

Why should Democrats trust a guy who helped pass Blunt’s Medicaid cuts and who supported requiring voter ID?

Go ahead, answer that one, and I’ll even give you double points if you can manage an answer without using the word “experience.”

Why does it not surprise me that you do not want anyone to mention “experience”. Oh yeah, just like money, endorsements, support - it is something Harris and Donnelly don’t have.

As for me being on Koster’s dime…..wrong again. I am a guy that is sick of the negative attacks that are the basis of the Harris/Donnelly campaign. Stop attacking Koster and start talking about your own guy’s accomplishments and I will stop pointing out these facts.

The answer to your question can be found when you answer my two earlier questions

Why have so many democratic organizations lined up and chosen to support Koster over both Harris and Donnelly? and Why have families like the Dowds’ chosen to support Koster over both members of the Harris/Donnelly team?

Tell you what, I will give you double points if you are able to us Harris’ name in the same sentence with the word “experience”. That’s going to be hard, lets make it triple points.

Well, Jack, the answer to your questions is “because people do stupid things all the time,” or to quote the Breakfast Club, “The world is an imperfect place, sir, screws fall out all the time.”

Not sure how that explains why Democrats should vote for a Republican who voted to cut 100,000 people off Medicaid and who voted to make voter ID mandatory. Since you’re so smart, can you please fill us in on that?

As for Harris’ experience, as I’ve already said, he’s got far better experience than Koster: Harris ran a division in Jay Nixon’s office, he served in private practice, and he stood out so clearly as a leader in the House that his peers elected him to be their leader. That experience all trumps Koster’s. Plus, Harris was leading the fight against Blunt’s agenda, instead of carrying water for Blunt.

Seriously, Jack, if you think you’re scoring any points for Koster, you may as well give it up. John Ashcroft has a ton more experience to be Attorney General than Koster, Harris or Donnelly, but do you think Democrats would choose him to be their nominee?

Shecky - I am tired of going back and forth with you. You are wrong.

Calling the people that support Koster stupid, is stupid. It is exactly the type of retoric which makes people hate politics and not endorse Harris. Maybe Jeff should work the concept that he thinks Organized Labor, Police, Firefighters, Prosecutors etc are stupid. The negative attacks out of Mr. and Mrs. Harris-Donnelly’s campaigns, and thier supporters, are rediculous.

People are supporting Koster because they have an open mind about what candidate represents the qualities they want in the AG’s office. Koster has over 14 years serving the people of Missouri as an elected official, plus time in private practice plus time in the AG’s office. I think that trumps Jeff and Margaret - easily.

I just believe he is a man without conviction who will do anyting to win.

Well some of us remember a few years ago one night while snowing and freezing rain Judge Davis Dowd killed a pregnant woman at Grand and Gravois in December… No Blood Alcohol test done regarding the incident. Mayor Slay went on Tv next day to say in future we will test if manslaughter occurs. But no one cared for this poor black pregant woman who was never given a name in the paper but Koster really thinks he’s got the Vote and not a true Democrat how arrogant can he get? I’ll stick with Margaret Donnelly she’s a True Blue Democrat with experience and respected as a Democrat.. Volunteer for the best Democrat and never flip flopper like Chris Koster.